FAYETTEVILLE - Sara E. Vann, MS, PA-C, ANVP-BC, Stroke Program Physician Assistant at Washington Regional Medical Center, recently achieved designation as an Advanced Neurovascular Practitioner-Board Certified. To earn this credential, she was required to meet certain eligibility guidelines and pass a nationally administered exam.

Vann, who joined Washington Regional in 2015, earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a master's degree in physician assistant studies from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She earned certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, Arkansas Academy of Physician Assistants, Association of Neurovascular Clinicians, Neurocritical Care Society and American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.